Will Ainger and Victor Kremer, journalists with more than 20 years’ collective experience covering the U.S. and European energy markets, are the directors of Great North Road Media.

Will Ainger

Prior to launching SparkSpread in 2005, Will held various senior positions with Institutional Investor’s News division in London and New York. Most recently, he served as managing editor of Power Finance & Risk between 2000 and 2004. Other senior positions he has held with Institutional Investor’s News division since 1995 include London bureau chief of Derivatives Monitor, the company’s former derivatives wire service, and managing editor of Insurance Finance & Investment in New York.

Will has also written for The Independent and Financial News. He earned an honors degree in politics and history from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1991.

Victor Kremer

Before launching SparkSpread in 2005, Victor held several senior editorial positions with Institutional Investor's News division in London and New York between 1995 and 2004. These included managing editor of Derivatives Week and managing editor of BondWeek. He launched Power Finance & Risk in 1998 and served as London bureau chief and executive editor for Institutional Investor News from 2000 to 2004.

Victor has also written for Alpha magazine, Emerging Markets and Financial News. He holds a degree in politics from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne and a postgraduate diploma in newspaper journalism from City University in London.